Though the X-Males have been returning to the world of Lego in matches and begins lately—a number of characters within the Marvel minifigures line right here, a giant Wolverine fist there—2014 was the final time Marvel’s mutants truly received to star in a extra conventional Lego set. That’s now altering… however it’s not a wholly joyous flip of occasions.
At this time Lego formally revealed the X-Males X-Jet, a brand new set launching on New Yr’s Day 2024, impressed by the upcoming X-Men ‘97 animated series, persevering with on the traditional ‘90s cartoon. The set is definitely startlingly just like that aforementioned 2014 set, X-Males vs. the Sentinel. That 2014 set got here with 4 minifigures—Wolverine, Storm, Cyclops, and Magneto—in addition to buildable variations of a Sentinel and, in fact, the X-Males’s blackbird jet. The 2024 set in the meantime, comes with 4 minifigures—Wolverine, Rogue, Cyclops, and Magneto—and a buildable model of the X-Males’s blackbird jet.
A number of the tweaks right here make sense. Rogue is sweet to get as a substitute of Storm, as a result of X-Males ‘97‘s mohawked Storm already received a latest minifigure this 12 months alongside Beast and Wolverine within the final Lego Marvel minifigures collectible sequence. Magneto, as a substitute of donning his traditional look, has an look impressed by the upcoming present, based mostly on this iconic “M” outfit from Uncanny X-Males #200. The X-Jet itself has a extra stylized, angular design, and makes use of extra items than the 2014 set, 359 to 336—and that’s with out having the components for the Sentinel the 2014 set had, as nicely.
However… that’s about the place the largely optimistic comparisons finish. The 2024 set will set you again a whopping $85, which is a lot for a comparatively small piece-count set. It’s much more egregious when in comparison with the 2014 X-Males set, which price $50 when it launched. Sure, instances have modified, however it’s stark reminder of simply how a lot Lego’s worth has been in flux over the past 10 years to place two such related units when it comes to components, scope, theme, and design subsequent to one another and are available away with such a worth disparity.
Hopefully at the very least this time we gained’t have to attend one other decade to get an X-Males set like this. The Lego Marvel X-Males X-Jet will go on sale January 1, 2024—click on via to see extra photos.
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